Women for Jim

Last night we held our inaugural Women for Jim event at Joe Tecce’s Restaurant in Boston! We had a great time and Lt. Governor Kerry Healey was there to show her support for my campaign--which I truly appreciated.

I was joined by my wife, Kathy, and about 75 women from all over the state. It was great to just spend time with so many people I respect and hear about their thoughts on the future of Massachusetts.

Kathy and Lt. Gov Healey both spoke before me. Kathy was pretty nice just building me up. She really deserves a lot of credit, putting up with the grueling schedule of a campaign. Even though we were with dozens of other people, it was still really nice to have an entire evening with my wife.

Lt. Gov. Healey had some choice words about John Kerry. “I can’t think of a better fight to have in Massachusetts than ridding ourselves of John Kerry. I am whole-heartedly behind Jim Ogonowski’s campaign, not only because his opponent deserves to be replaced, but because he deserves to represent our state and represent the people of Massachusetts.”

Lt. Gov Healey said that she has been to hundreds of events and has never bumped into John Kerry. I simply do not know how you think you can represent the state if you are never in Massachusetts.

I want to thank all of you that made it to yesterday’s event. We hope to have many more in the months to come!

Together we will be able to truly bring change to Washington and make history in Massachusetts!

Signature Delivery

Today was a full day as my staff and I were delivering signature sheets to meet the 5pm deadline to get on the ballot for US Senate. The day began early as we all drove across the state of Massachusetts to deliver over 20,000 signatures!

My field director, Matt Talancy was in before 8am to start coordinating drop-offs throughout the state. As we each set off to deliver papers, I couldn¹t help but feel a great sense of relief and satisfaction.  As much work as it is collecting the signatures, I am glad that I do not have to certify them like the town clerks do!

With that project complete, we still had to stuff envelopes for an upcoming event. Kathy and the staff met me back at headquarters in the evening and we ordered take-out and watched American Idol as we worked into the late evening. I would have much rather watched the Red Sox, but David Archuleta wasn't all that bad.

Also, a big thank you to those of you that took the time to sign my signature sheets and to my volunteers who helped deliver them across the state. I look forward to seeing all of you on the campaign trail. Let¹s fix Washington and retire John Kerry!